Endowment Gift Boosts Dakota Wesleyan Chair Fund
President Thomas Nicholson announced a $5,000 gift from Mrs. G. F. Swift of Chicago for the Dakota Wesleyan University endowment, aiding the chair and joining a drive to raise $25,000. The report also notes extensive campus expansions, renewed catalog efforts, and the university's rapid growth and strengthened faculty.
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Thomas Nicholson
Dakota Wesleyan University
Chicago
G. F. Swift
Swift
School of Music
City Hall
Memorial Wall
University
Department of Music
Mitchell
School of Education
School of Commerce
Samuel Weir
South Dakota
City framed ultimatum on electric light franchise terms
City officials met with Mitchell Gas Co. and CG King to set conditions for a twenty year electric light franchise. The committee seeks $6 monthly street lights, midnight operation, five year terms, free wiring for public buildings, and a 15 cent per thousand kilowatts private rate, promising $3,024 in four years and optional municipal ownership later.
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Mannett and Wallace
Silsby
Wells and Curtis
CG. King
Mitchell Gas Co
Kine
King
The Deaf Face the Photographer's Lens
A photographer laments that deaf subjects pose with a tense fixed glare as they wait for instruction. The dialogue notes that even with guidance the facial muscles stay rigid and the look of expectancy remains, making deaf people hard to photograph.
Caffeine content in coffee and tea discussed
The article notes caffeine as the active coffee component discovered by Runge in 1820. It describes caffeine crystals, typical coffee levels around 1 percent, with Java at 4.4 percent and Martinique at 6.4 percent, and mentions debate on caffeine being identical to theine in tea. Claus claims tea inferior qualities may have more caffeine than top tea grades.
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Runge
Java
Martinique
Claus
The Night's Lodging and the Murillo Portrait
A Seville a night scene unfolds when Teresa and her mother seek money through a portrait. An artist uses Teresa as a model, promising pay per sitting, leading to a final auction of the finished painting. The Murillo signed portrait brings 10,000 philips, making Teresa and Carlos secure for love.
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Seville
Senor
Teresa
Carlos
Senora
Philip
Philips
Don Miguel de Rebera
Murillo
Alich Cheevehr
Pearl and Ruby Elopement Sparks Chicago News Mockup
Friends urge elopement over traditional wedding in Chicago. The exchange hints at elopers not receiving wedding presents and plays on social expectations.
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Pearl
Ruby
Chicago News
Sacred Animals in India Revered by Natives
Edmund Russell explores Indian reverence for animals, arguing sacred status pervades life and art. He notes animal worship as a living, national phenomenon shaping daily life, spirituality, and culture across centuries.
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India
Orient
Edmund Russell
Plays and Players in New York and Chicago Open Seasons
W H Crane has thirty four years on stage and William Collier returns to America to revive The Dictator. Grace Elliston shines in The Lion and the Mouse at the Lyceum in New York. Robert Mantell enjoys Shakespearean success at the Garden. Alfred Reisenauer revisits America for a long tour. Fritzi Scheff and company perform Mille Modiste in Chicago. Rostand’s Chanteclair offered to Lafitte for printing rights. Leoncavallo to tour the U S conducting Pagliacci and other works beginning next October.
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W. H. Crane
William Collier
America
Grace Elliston
Lyceum Theater
New York
Robert Mantell
Garden Theater
Alfred Reisenauer
Fritzi Scheff
Chicago
Henry Blossom
Victor Herbert
M. Edmond Rostand
Theatre de la Galle
Paris
M. Pierre Laffitte
Leoncavalio
United States
Lifeboat Use in 1777 Noted in Brief History
Short notes record lifeboats first used in 1777 and describe enamel oilcloth imitating morocco leather as widely adopted. Coral is described as very expensive and the passage ends with a remark on the finest quality items.
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Morocco
Diverse Historical Details From Various Topics
A collection of disparate facts covers tin values per ounce, global ingot deposits totaling 7 billion dollars, the English statute mile dating to Elizabethan times, Alaska forests of cedar and spruce, prison gender ratios, a Townsend spruce log tally from 1600 feet, and Texas census projections for an extra four congressmen, totaling twenty.
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England
Alaska
France
Frank B. Eddy
Townsend
Henry
Texas
It Is Not A Lot Of Fun To Read Legal Phrases
A New York Herald note traces archaic legal terms like this in denture witnesseth hand and seal to parchment costs and old customs. It explains why seals and handwriting remain part of modern documents, and how terms such as dock and bar reflect historical roots in legal practice.
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England
Court of Law
New. York Herald
Real Difficulty of Raising a Check Challenges Players
A brief dialogue notes the skill required to obtain a check and the uncertainty about how to secure it, highlighting perceived obstacles in financial access. The exchange reflects contemporary concerns about credit and procurement.
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Detroit Free Press
Bank Clerk Calls Out Overdrawn Account
A cashier at the bank tells a customer she has overdrawn her account. The woman retorts that the balance is just four times something and mentions her husband’s complaint about exaggeration.
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Bank
Cassier
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Mitchell Capital
FOR Endowment Fund
Mre. G. F. Swift Presents
Dakota
Wesleyan
Wakata Wesleyan
West
Dakota Westeyin University
City Council Ordinance Committee
W. HI. Comes
Silk
W.H. Conyes
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